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Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig

Enticing freestyle action Lifelike hologram finish Oversized 3-D eyes Stainless steel split ring Irresistible freestyle action starts as soon as it hits the water!The Offshore Angler Freestyle Jigs are designed to have enticing action both on the drop and the retrieve while vertical jigging, prompting vicious strikes! Our flashy Freestyle Jigs are complete with lifelike hologram finish, oversized 3-D eyes, a stainless steel split ring that makes changing jigs easy, and double hooks by premium saltwater hooks.
Average Customer Rating:
4.385 out of 5
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36 of 39(92%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Customer Reviews for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Review 1 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
3 out of 5
3 out of 5

Good lure- bad hooks

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September 9, 2011
By HEADWIND
from Chesapeake Bay
Advantages: Performs well
Disadvantages: inferior hooks, finish wears off
"These lures used to come with the outstanding Gamakatsu hooks. Now they come with inferior and undersized hooks with much flimsier connecting cord.
That said, these lures really catch fish. I usually replace the original pair of hooks with a single quality hook. the hookup ratio is about the same, and a single hook is much safer once the fish comes aboard.
The only other negative is that the finish is not particularly durable and begins to come off after a dozen or so fish. The fish still bite it, but coat the lure with several applications of clear nail polish when new to increase durability.
"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 4
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 2 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

killer fishing lure

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August 19, 2011
By gooper
from sellersville pa
Advantages: Performs well
"This is the best all around fishing lure that I have used. From striped bass to flounder, porge, and sea bass they love it as do I."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review 3 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Decent Jigs for the price

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June 14, 2011
By MasterB8R
"Lost a dozen last weekend....
Obviously draw some bites.
"
Review 4 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

yellowtail killer

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January 4, 2011
By carz
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"The butterfly jig and this one in particular are deadly when verticle or drift jigging. We use them 150 to 400' over rock piles in Mexico. Yellowtail jacks and big groupers like them. Verticle jigging is big work but can really pay off."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 5 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Good jiggiing lure

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December 22, 2010
By Nickg1028
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Advantages: Style/Design
"Caught 2 large stripers 8lb& 10lb jigging with this lure
Limited out in 1.5 hours.
Port of Sacramento.
Went to your store in Manteca today with my grandkids.
Nick
"
Review 6 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

neat looking jig

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October 17, 2010
By crxified
from nova scotia
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
Disadvantages: doesnt give instruction on how to tie on
"only tried this 2 times so far for cod on a 7 foot rod, but seems to work well. hooks are very sharp for excellent hook set. make sure you tie it on the end with the hooks or you will get snarls as i did when i tied from the wrong end at first
wish i would have bought the next size up tho."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 3
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 7 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great Lure

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September 16, 2010
By jbuiles
from Colombia, South America
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well
"I was looking for animals in the deep, and was great, caught amberjaks, snaper, and incredibly caugth a 50 pond sailfish, absolubtly unexpected, but great!!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 1
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 8 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Freestyle Jigs

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September 7, 2010
By Sparky55
from Santa Cruc CA
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, add an advantage
Disadvantages: Durability
"Great for Rock Cod out here on the West coast. The don't get hung up on the rocks"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 9 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Best Coastal jig I've ever used

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August 16, 2010
By Mike11
from Seward, AK
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality, variety of fish that will take it
Disadvantages: price
"I have been using it extensively off the Alaska Coast all summer, and have caught just about every species we have up here. I have targeted Lingcod and Halibut mostly, and have had remarkable results. I normally do not keep Halibut over 100 pounds, but made an exception for a dear fried that wanted just one. So, he got to keep the 171 pounder he caught on the Freestyle Jig.
I have more on order just to make sure I always have one on hand. Fishing in tough rocky areas make for short friendships with favorite gear.
Absolutly the best jig I have every used up here!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 10 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Fish This Jig!

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July 19, 2010
By CelestialCrab
from So. Georgia
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money
Disadvantages: Durability
"Amberjack, grouper, snapper, black sea bass, this jig plumb catches fish! Finish is susceptible to chipping and peeling if used on bottom, so hang and paint with Gloss Spray Polyurethane a few times before taking out and it will last much longer!
Get out and get jiggy!
"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 11 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

AJ's just love this jig!

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July 11, 2010
By JIGUYIsrael
from Herzlia Israel
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Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, great for vertical jigging style
"Same time last year I had great results using this jig at my favorite spot. I caught quite a few AJs. Last week I went jigging at the same spot 30m-40m shipwreck and caught a 12 kg AJ.
These days I'm using a 100g Power Jig rod with a Daiwa Saltist LD20H with PE 4 Ultra Jigman line.
The freestyle jig is very smooth to work with.It's quick on the drop and very smooth on the retrieve.
Color stays on the jig for quite some time .I have an old one with almost no color left on it and it still works well. Another great advantage are the Gamakatsu hooks supplied with the jig. You can't get a better deal!
Guy
"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 12 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great jig at a high price

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June 20, 2010
By Humusbcool
from TX
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Quality
Disadvantages: cost
"I've used this jig on numerous trips for tuna in the Gulf of Mexico and it performs very well. The finish is very durable and it comes with 2 great assist hooks increasing the chances of a hook up. The jig is a bit pricey compared to other jigs offered through BPS. Wish the jig came in a pink color as black fin tuna eat pink like candy but the blue sardine works almost as well."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 1
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 13 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

Great Jig

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June 14, 2010
By BreezySteveG
from Brooklyn, NY
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"A very effective, deadly piece of equipment. Used it with great success just this past weekend while vertical jigging for sea bass. Great buy, well produced. A killer jig."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 14 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

Good Jig Could Be Better

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June 1, 2010
By Shortfinn
from Charleston, SC
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money
Disadvantages: Durability, split ring not a solid ring
"This jig works great. Catched fish as good as a Shimano Butterfly with half the price. I was dissappointed when I received my jigs and the larger size ones didn't have the separate solid ring for the hooks and the main line to connect too. I don't like putting my main line to the split ring as they are weaker and have the smaller cross section where the split is (that your knot always ends up in). Other than this problem I was very happy."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 15 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

good deal & very effective

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May 21, 2010
By gotcha
Advantages: Performs well, Value for money
Disadvantages: Durability
"These jigs work great for cod & haddock in the Northeast (7 & 9oz) with a Shimano Trevala jigging rod. Pretty good deal since they come pre-rigged with 2 assist hooks."
Review 16 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
2 out of 5
2 out of 5

its ok

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May 2, 2010
By alexg123
"i think this deserves two stars
1.if your off a pier or inshore for mackerels go with live or dead bait don't use this!
2. if you don't have wire leader its a little bit tough rigging this but not to bad.
3. now if your trolling this with a larger jig then it starts to get better this work quite nice for tuna and king mackerel"
0 of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review 17 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
2 out of 5
2 out of 5

They cheaped out and changed the jigs

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April 21, 2010
By SushiSeeker
"They've replaced the heavy duty red hook leaders with wimpy blue green ones. I love the basic jig but think the red hook leaders is a major plus."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 18 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
2 out of 5
2 out of 5

Looking for solid rings

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April 13, 2010
By B2rad
from Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago
Disadvantages: solid ring missing
"I have not used it as yet but , the reason being there is only a split ring and no solid ring to attach the hooks to . With out the strength of the solid ring, I will surley loose this bait to the first big critter that comes along- unfortunately I orderd this on line and a friend brougth it for me to the Caribbean so I am stuck trying to find the solid rings here, if I do not they will be useless.
Looking for solid rings
I will let you know when I can use them!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? No
Review 19 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
3 out of 5
3 out of 5

Fair Jig

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March 17, 2010
By obxfisher
from outer banks, NC
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money
Disadvantages: Durability
"Looks great, nice action. good hooks, my complaint is that the finish is applied on the side, so after a few fish (good size deep stripers) finish peeled off. Kept catching fish though, and have bought some more."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? Yes
Review 20 for Offshore Angler™ Freestyle Jig
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Very good jig!!

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March 16, 2010
By Grillerrick
from Marathon Florida
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
Disadvantages: fish take them like candy so hang on.
"I bought about 5 of these last summer while I was in the keys and came home with 2 of them. Off shore everything hit these terrific jigs. We used them out at the Marathon Hump and caught five Tuna and one Wahoo while trolling."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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